Saad Oraibi Ghafoori

Saad Oraibi Ghafoori, credited with starting the Sunni Arab revolt in Baghdad against the militant group Al Qaeda in Iraq, sits in limbo with his family in Jordan after being rejected for immigration to the United States.

Saad Oraibi Ghafoori, credited with starting the Sunni Arab revolt in Baghdad against the militant group Al Qaeda in Iraq, sits in limbo with his family in Jordan after being rejected for immigration to the United States. (Ned Parker / Los Angeles Times)

Saad Oraibi Ghafoori, credited with starting the Sunni Arab revolt in Baghdad against the militant group Al Qaeda in Iraq, sits in limbo with his family in Jordan after being rejected for immigration to the United States.